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Daniel Studebaker Middle School Social Studies National Trail LSD. Using Moodle in the Middle School Classroom. My Background. B.S. Secondary Education Wright State University M. Ed. Educational Leadership Wright State University National Trail School 2006-Present
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Daniel Studebaker Middle School Social Studies National Trail LSD Using Moodle in the Middle School Classroom
My Background • B.S. Secondary Education Wright State University • M. Ed. Educational Leadership Wright State University • National Trail School • 2006-Present • Middle School Social Studies Teacher • Building Leadership Team • District Leadership Team • Tech Tuesday Technology Present
Why use Moodle? • Making your teaching time more efficient • Like WebCT or Blackboard • Like ProgressBook on Steroids • Free, open source, FREE software • Can be used by any device with Internet access • FREE software that connects teachers with students (and their parents.)
Resources • Links to other websites • Internal Moodle webpages • Documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoints, pdf…) • Pictures • Videos • School Calendar • Monitor Student Activity • The resources you post and the way you use them are limited only by your imagination.
Activities • Audio Recorder • Podcasts • Surveys • VodCasts • Webquest * Items I have yet to use • Assignments • Blogs • Chat* • Choice • Database • Forum* • Hot Potatoes • Journals • Quizzes (Tests) • Wiki
Assignments • 3 Types - Upload, online submissions, offline • Allow parents access to student assignments • Allow teachers to see if assignments are turned in on time or not (if online or upload) • Allows for paper or non paper generated assignments.
Journals • Are simply online writing journals that can be used in a number of ways… • Class Lab Journals – to give students a place to keep class work and observations. • Writing Journals – writing to write! • Keeps each students entries together. • Allows teacher to keep all journal entries for a class together in one place! • Example Journal
Quizzes & Tests • Create online quizzes/tests • Multiple choice • True/false • Short answer • Essay • Matching • Great for unit tests • Combined formative assessment and summative assessment in the same unit • Great Data!
Vodcasts and Podcast • A great new idea for student projects. • Weekly News Broadcasts • Teachers can record lessons and post them. • Record Smartboard lessons. • Record with webcam • Record Screen Capture Lessons with Media Encoder. • Allow Students to review and repeat lessons online at workstation. • Podcasts are a complete course in its own right and are fantastic class learning projects. • Audio broadcasts that are posted online
Webquests • What is a WebQuest? • A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. • All the parts of a “traditional” webquest are integrated into the Moodle module. • My Quest
Choices • Like a one question survey • Let students choose what chapter they want to cover next. • Let students select topics for class projects.
Surveys/Feedback • Customizable survey • Can be anonymous • Can be used in class, by grade, or throughout the school • Results can be private or viewable • Teacher can always see results • Examples • Student feedback
Grades • Grades can be maintained as a sole online grading tool. • There are many different ways to view grades • You can identify places in student work that are weaknesses and strengths • Basics • Students can see their grades • Parents can access grades. • Customization was our key to success! • Strengths and weaknesses • Interim Reports. • Upload to DASL
Useful links • National Trail Home Moodle page • Moodle home page
Thanks for coming! • Daniel Studebaker • National Trail LSD • 6940 Oxford Gettysburg Road • New Paris, OH 45320 • 937 437-3333 x 1313 • daniel_studebaker@nationaltrail.k12.oh.us